Cloth cutter



-Aug. 6, 1940. w. .l. VANS'IV'ORY CLOTH CUTTER Filed April 29, 1938 IN VEN TOR.

A TTORNEYS.

Patented Aug. 6, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I I I 2,210,13

CLOTH CUTTER William J. Vanstory, Booneville, Application April 29, 1938, Serial No."r2 05',073

2 Claims. (01.164 43) This invention relates to improvements in cloth cutters, and more particularly to a device which will be secured to a table top, and provided with means for positively engaging the end of a piece of cloth to be cut, in combination elongated guide rail or body having supporting means. at the opposite end thereof, and means for engaging the cloth to be cut adjacent one end of the guide rail, and a slidably mounted cutter blade on said guide rail whereby a piece of cloth may be cut when'the cutter blade is drawn from one end of the guide rail or body to the other end. v

A further object of my inventionis to provide an improved cloth cutter, which will be provided with a guide rail or body and a pivoted cutter blade supported thereon for slidabl'e movement with respect thereto, together with means for holding a piece of cloth to be out, and means for clamping the cutting blade at the desired cutting angle with respect to the cloth.

A still further object of my invention is to provide an improved cloth cutter, which will be highly, efiicient in operation, and which will be relatively inexpensive to manufacture and produce.

A further object of my invention. is to provide an improved cloth cutter, which will include a supporting guide rail or body, and fixed means at one end thereof for positively engaging the piece of cloth to be out, together with the slidably mounted pivoted cutter blade adapted to be drawn from one end'of the guide rail or body toward the other end during the cutting operation.

Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawing which forms a part of my application,

Figure ,1 is a side elevation of my improved cloth cutter;

Figure 2 is a plan View of my improved cloth cutter;

Figure 3*is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1, showing the cutter blade carrying handle extending in upright position, and

Figure 5is a sectional view taken on the line I of Figure 1, but with the cutter blade car- "held thereon by means of the clamp 2.

rying handle slung over at an angle of approximately forty-five degrees to the body of the cutter, to illustrate how the operating handle is held in clamped position.

Like characters ofreference are used through- 6 Q out the following specification and the accompanying drawi g to designate corresponding parts.' 1

In carrying 'outfm invention, I provide an elongated guide" rail or' body I, preferably of 10'' rectangular'shape in cross section, and provided at its opposite ends with the inverted U-shaped supporting or securing'clamps 2, which terminate in the laterallyextending ear portions 3, which are provided withuapertures 4, for receiving Iii suitable fastening screwsfor supporting the. cloth cutter upon a tab-le.-

- Supported upon the'body I of the cloth cutter adjacent the left hand end thereof, as illustrated in Figure 1'-of thedraw-ing, I have provided a divided cloth supporting table 5 having similarly constructed portions 6 and I, which terminate in the angled supporting brackets 8, which are secured in any desired manner to the guide rail or body I, and preferably by being bent v to lie on top of the said guide rail I and to be The divided sections 6 and 'l of the'cloth supporting table are provided with forwardly extending projecting portions 9 and I0, which are tapered inwardly adjacent the inner edges; of said sections to provide a flared mouth to the channel formed between the said divided sections 6 and l. Upwardly and rearwardly extending pins or spurs II and I2 are carried on the upper sur- 5 face of the sections 6 and I, and are adapted to pierce and engage the end of the piece'of cloth I3, when placed in position upon the-cloth cutter to be cut. The divided sections 6 and 1 are adapted to extend parallel with. the upper 40 surface of the said guide rail or body .I.

The cutter blade carrying handle I4is adapted to support the cutter blade I5 in such a manher that the blade will lie substantially parallel with the said handle I4, and will extend forwardly therefrom, as clearly illustrated in Figures 1 and 21 of the drawing. The cutter blade carrying handle I 4 is pivoted on the pivot bolt I6, which extends through the upwardly extending ears I! and I8 on the U-shape clamping slides I9 and 20 which engage the upper and lower surfaces of the elongated guide rail or body I, and the opposite sides thereof. The clamping slides and pivoted cutter blade carrying handle being so arranged that the same may be readily slid along the guide rail I.

The ear portions of the clamping slide are formed wider apart at their central portions than at their opposite ends, whereby when the cutter blade carrying handle I4 is pulled downwardly to an approximate angle of forty-five degrees to the guide rail, the said handle will be forced between the forward ends of the ears, which will cause the rear ends of the said ears to contact and exert a clamping action upon the handle, to support the same in whatever position or angle is desired.

The mode of operation of my improved cloth cutter will be described as follows:

With the handle 14 raised in a vertical position with respect to the guide rail or body I, and at the left hand end of the said rail, the piece of cloth to be cut will be pierced by the pins II and I2, and the handle with the cutting blade IE will be pulled forwardly to an angle of approximately forty-five degrees with respect to the said guide rail. In moving the handle to this position, the adjacent edge of the cloth will be cut by the blade [5, and by grasping the outer or free end of the handle and pulling the cutter assembly, which includes the handle and blade, and the U-shaped clamping slides toward the right or forward end of the cloth cutter, the blade will cut through the cloth as it is drawn from one end of the cutter to the other. The fact that the cutter blade is on an angle with respect to the cloth will effect a quick and eflicient shearing of the cloth, in a better manner than were the cutting blade held at right angle to the cloth and drawn through the same.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that I have illustrated and described one form of cloth cutter, which will be highly efficient in operation, but it will be understood that I do not intend to limit myself to this exact form of construction, as many minor changes in detail of construction may be resorted to without departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A cloth cutting device comprising a guide rail, clamps at the ends of the guide rail and adapted to secure the guide rail in spaced relation with a supporting surface, a table having a longitudinal slot extending inwardly from one end thereof, mounted at one end of the guide rail and disposed in spaced relation therewith, substantially U-shaped clamps slidably mounted on said rail, a cutter blade pivotally mounted between s'aid U-shaped clamps and adapted to move through said longitudinal slot, spurs extending upwardly from said table and adapted to pierce the cloth to be cut, supporting one end of the cloth stretched over said slot, and a handle to which the blade is connected and adapted to be gripped by the operator moving the cutter blade through the cloth.

2. A cloth cutting device comprising a guide rail rectangular in cross section clamps at the ends of the guide rail for clamping the guide rail to a supporting surface, atable at one end of the guide rail, said table having a slot extending inwardly from one edge thereof, said table being supported in vertical spaced relation with the guide rail, substantially U-shaped clamps positioned on the guide rail and adapted to move longitudinally of the guide rail, a cutter blade pivotally mounted between said U-shaped clamps and normally resting in the slot of said table, means on said table for engaging one end of a strip of colth, holding the cloth stretched over said slot of the table, and a handle to which the blade is connected, saidhandle aifording means to be gripped by the operator in moving the cutter blade through the cloth.

WILLIAM J. VANSTORY. 

